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Trina Garnett accidentally set a fatal fire when she was 14. That was in 1976. Could a Supreme Court ruling on juvenile life without parole finally bring her home?

Has the ICC struck a blow against impunity or heightened tensions—or both?

In Sanford, the movement for justice for Trayvon Martin has been led almost exclusively by African Americans. Why are white progressives on the sidelines?

Those new to the cause of defending black life will soon have to face the bleak truth black people have lived with for so long: we don’t often win.

ICC judges found the Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo guilty of conscripting children. Will this conviction make a difference?

Bad things happen when laws to protect fetuses are turned against the women who carry them.

Law enforcement appears to be regularly sending subpoenas to social media companies. This time, the target found out about it.

The alleged WikiLeaks source faces court martial for twenty-two counts, including "aiding the enemy." But what damage was done is far from clear—and likely to go undiscussed in the courtroom.

Five years after the death of the Russian journalist, police have arrested a central figure in the murder. But will the investigation get to the bottom of all the uncomfortable truths about Politkovskaya's murder?

Texas death row prisoner Larry Swearingen has faced execution three times for a crime medical experts say he could not possibly have committed.